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Veteran tech journalist Walt Mossberg announced on Tuesday he was deactivating his X (formerly known as Twitter) account, saying Elon Musk’s takeover of the site turned it into a “cesspool.”

Mr Mossberg is a well-respected name and expert in the US tech writing industry, who also co-founded media sites such as Recode and AllThingsD. He announced his boycotting of X on Meta’s new platform Threads, saying his reasons revolve around business tycoon Mr Musk’s threats to sue the Anti-Defemation League (ADL).

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[–] [email protected] 179 points 1 year ago (5 children)

He continued on to say he will only be found on Threads, Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram

Mastodon: “Am I a joke to you?“ >:(

[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Hey Mr. Tech journalist, why don’t you write about federated communities and get off the corpo-web? Help us all out with that big name of yours I’ve never heard.

Edit: oops. That was meant to be a top level comment. Whatever.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago

It's all about brands. Pretty sad when a "tech expert" thinks Facebook Instagram and threads is honkey dorrey.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Someone in another thread said he has a mastodon account. Dunno if he posts there or not.

[–] garretble 42 points 1 year ago

He’s been active again in the last 24 hours since deleting his twitter:

https://mastodon.world/@waltmossberg

[–] BonesOfTheMoon 13 points 1 year ago

He did announce it there too.

[–] RedditWanderer 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah leaving a "cesspool" for meta, way to give yourself credence...

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago

Continuing to use Twitter doesn't automatically make you a Nazi, it just means that Nazism isn't a dealbreaker for you

[–] Scotty_Trees 6 points 1 year ago

How much of an "expert" is this tech guy really? (sarcasm) But seriously, he's left multiple corporate platforms before, like Facebook and now Twitter. If only there was some non-corporate controlled social media that he could use to talk to people. If only.....

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Run that ship right into the ground, Lonnie. You can't get there fast enough.

[–] Hazdaz 2 points 1 year ago

Let's see all the people who complain about Twitter and Musk and post it ON TWITTER.

If even 1/2 these clowns that claim to hate him and what he's done simply deleted their accounts, the entire site would collapse. Instead they literally prop-up that toxic site by continuing to use it. Fucken hypocrites.